Long time no see everyone! I know you all just heard from me on Wednesday, but believe it or not, it's P-day again and time for my weekly post! This past week has been pretty amazing, Joanna was baptized on Sunday and it was so wonderful to feel how strong the Spirit was there. I am so happy for her and cannot wait to continue watching her growth in the Gospel. But other than that, I covered a lot of what happened this past week in my previous post, so I'm going to take some time to cover a bit of Canadian culture and fun facts for you all.
- Poutine: Fries with gravy and cheese curds. Nasty looking, but delicious. Supposedly originated in Quebec. I feel that it really typifies Canadian cuisine. Aka, American food with more gravy.
- Speed limits: First of all, they all say "miles per hour" despite the fact that they use kilometers. Little things like this get me confused and make my transition over to metric more difficult (I will never understand Celcius temperatures. Ever.) But basically, the speed limits here are all painfully slow. The average speed limit just about everywhere is 50kph. This is roughly equivalent to 30mph. For those of you from Novi, it's the equivalent of a never ending Meadowbrook. Never again will I complain about that two mile long speed trap. I will always love how fast you really are allowed to drive in Michigan.
- Milk: It comes in bags and you put the bags in these special pitchers. It is something I have not quite gotten the knack of, and due to a few too many spills, I am wimping out and switching to Almond Milk for the rest of the mission. Primarily because it comes in cartons.
- "Eh?": Canadians do say it as much as we joke they do. And I've already started to pick it up a little. It's quite catchy.